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The Crack Life
I'm living the Crack-Life and playing the game,
My peers around me all doing the same,
I wake every morning and reach for the Bong*,
Old habits die hard when you're doing it so long,
Had my share of heartache and Crack induced tears,
Been living the Crack-Life for thirty odd years,
Had my share of good times but bad times way more,
This Crack-Life has tightened it's grip that's for sure,
I'm living the Crack-Life and doing the do,
I bet you're sat off somewhere living it too,
Dark rings round my eye's cause I can't get to sleep,
It's probably down to the hours I keep,
Up working all day and up smoking all night,
And my whole world is coloured in Brown and in White,
To this Crack addiction I'm truly a slave,
This Crack-Life has got me one foot in the grave,
So I'm living the Crack-Life and taking the fall,
Don't you find that this Crack-Life... Ain't no life at all.
My peers around me all doing the same,
I wake every morning and reach for the Bong*,
Old habits die hard when you're doing it so long,
Had my share of heartache and Crack induced tears,
Been living the Crack-Life for thirty odd years,
Had my share of good times but bad times way more,
This Crack-Life has tightened it's grip that's for sure,
I'm living the Crack-Life and doing the do,
I bet you're sat off somewhere living it too,
Dark rings round my eye's cause I can't get to sleep,
It's probably down to the hours I keep,
Up working all day and up smoking all night,
And my whole world is coloured in Brown and in White,
To this Crack addiction I'm truly a slave,
This Crack-Life has got me one foot in the grave,
So I'm living the Crack-Life and taking the fall,
Don't you find that this Crack-Life... Ain't no life at all.
Published 1st Jun 2022
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Anonymous
1st Jun 2022 10:16pm
Hi mzlyrical,how u doing?
Hope well?
Your description of addiction and its struggles,are raw and candid.(My friend was a substance abuser,who told me about her issues. I also saw for myself how incredibly debilitating,and destructive her drug issues were,for her and friends and family).
So great piece of work!
Take care.
X
Hope well?
Your description of addiction and its struggles,are raw and candid.(My friend was a substance abuser,who told me about her issues. I also saw for myself how incredibly debilitating,and destructive her drug issues were,for her and friends and family).
So great piece of work!
Take care.
X
25th Nov 2022 2:01pm
6th Jul 2022 11:15pm
17th Sep 2022 11:05pm
You have enormous talent in rhyming and rhythm, therefore, you are not merely an addict but a talented poet with a sincere soul too :)
17th Sep 2022 11:16pm
i drink too much if I'm honest. I wanna reach out & help you, if I'm honest but don't know how sadly. I can give you Billy's bollocks in a coffee shop or the EIIR queue but, well, you know it will end in cold turkey, ultimately, if you wanna quit, when you're ready to quit. I wanna hold your hand as you do so but that's Billy's shit, lol. But seriously, it's no laughing matter & I wish I could/can help you in some small way. A very honest write, brave!
